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Latest  natural thatching on Exmoor created by storm Arwen…Continue Reading

It was, in many ways, a gleaming example of just how strong our love for music remains. Social media was taken over by statistics, a flurry of figures showing just how many millions of hours we’ve all spent listening to our favourite artists over the past year — whether itContinue Reading

Yes, it’s that time of year again when we debate if it might not be too early to start buying Christmas presents or putting up some lights. When I was growing up, my mother used to decorate the Christmas tree on the 24th December and festive lights in people’s gardensContinue Reading

W hen reports ran recently that Pete Davidson was dating Kim Kardashian there was dismay among older friends. What was the former Doctor Who doing with the American reality TV icon and businesswoman? I explained that this was Staten Island-born comedy hotshot Pete Davidson and not the British actor PeterContinue Reading

They are among the names showing work in a street art exhibition on Portobello Road. Pizzorno, who exhibits his work under the name daft-apeth, is not the only artist on show with a background in the music business. Jamie Reid Also involved is Jamie Reid whose best known works includeContinue Reading

W hen Charly Clive found out she had a brain tumour, she felt like the ground had crumbled beneath her, leaving a big hole. Describing it as a “shock”, she put on a brave face and, also, an inflatable sumo suit and bounced around the garden with her best friendContinue Reading

A lmost six years to the day since the release of the album that turned her into a global megastar, Adele has returned with another one. 30 is, by pretty much all accounts, a triumph. Many listeners have already seized upon the emotional honesty and vulnerability weaved through the album’sContinue Reading

Peter Jackson’s Get Back has delighted fans of the Fab Four, but you’ll also spot a lesser-known face in the new Beatles documentary. Billy Preston – dubbed the “Fifth Beatle” by John Lennon, no less – was the only musician ever given a co-credit on a Beatles label (the GetContinue Reading

Now that Adele has made her comeback, the remarkable autumn 2021 succession of blockbuster albums seems to be at an end, which leaves welcome room for the stranger stuff to make itself heard. I thought a 14-year-old girl singing Nick Cave songs with The Flaming Lips was the definitive candidateContinue Reading

Review at a glance I t’s a dark and stormy night. Lady Diana Stuckley’s husband has just fallen down some stairs. A doctor, a priest and a far-right politician wash up at the door of her crumbling manor house, needing shelter from the biblical weather. Is Moira Buffini’s play, directedContinue Reading